Year One Team News

Hello Year One families,

Last week we acknowledged Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week. The theme for Reconciliation Week this year was “Now More than Ever” and allowed students to engage in conversations and activities around the importance of continuing to fight for justice and the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.  

The Year One teachers hope that you all have an enjoyable long weekend and are looking forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday next week!

Curriculum Focus: Week 9-10

Reading: Next week we will be learning about the phoneme /oi/ represented by the grapheme ‘oi’ and ‘oy’. In week 10 will be introducing the phoneme /ow/ represented by the grapheme ‘ow’ and ‘ou’.

Writing: We continue to send home our ‘class pets’ which has been creating opportunities for some great writing to share back at school. The students have also been enjoying the chance to explore their creativity through writing stories and descriptive pieces based on books and interesting images.

Numeracy: We will be focusing on telling time to the hour and half-hour using analogue and digital clocks. 

Inquiry:  Our topic this term is “How and why do we care for animals? How do animals care for us?”. 

Willy Kids/Respectful Relationships: Our Willy Kids focus is “Willy Kids are reflective learners". We will be discussing and learning to self-assess and accept feedback from peers and adults to set goals for future learning. During our Respectful Relationships sessions our topic this term is Personal Strengths. We will be learning to identify and describe personal strengths, explain how these strengths contribute to school and family life, as well as identifying ways to care for others, including ways of making and keeping friends. 

Warm regards,

The Grade One Team –  Zoe Kitchen & Anna Swan (1K), Edan Bacegga (1B) & Claire Davies (1D)